DreamWorks Studios has tapped Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines) to helm its post-WWI set lit adaptation The Light Between Oceans. Author M.L. Stedman’s debut novel and international bestseller is about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who find a boat washed ashore on their remote Australian island with a dead man and a baby girl inside. They choose to bury the body and raise the child as their own, with devastating consequences. Harry Potter vet David Heyman will produce for Heyday Films with Jeffrey Clifford. Rosie Allen shepherded the project to Heyday and will exec produce. Said DreamWorks head Stacey Snider: “We certainly believe [Cianfrance] can make a modern epic from M.L.’s poignant novel and will be able to capture the great epic sweep and emotional honestly of this story.” Cianfrance is repped by CAA and Electric City Entertainment.

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A beautiful story that will be hard for Hollywood to screw up. Also, I’d be shocked if Chris Hemsworth wasn’t cast as the male lead in this.

Anonymous • on Sep 3, 2013 11:54 am

Are you familiar with Cianfrance’s work? You’re beautiful story is in good hands.

So • on Sep 3, 2013 11:54 am

I see reading comprehension and grammar are both hard to grasp concepts ’round these parts.

Vic • on Sep 3, 2013 11:54 am

I hope they give derek all the creative input he deserves. His unique direction techniques have made his work what it is. They better recognize!!! Cianfrance is my director, my fave. And he deserves the money, his stride leading up to getting blue valentine produced was…ambitious. And doing this movie will mean: more films to look out from him.